Systems and Data Manager
| Posting date: | 26 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 October 2025 |
| Location: | Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 3DL |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 61ccbcea-4d66-43db-a1ad-a0092187582e |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Skills and knowledge include:
• Evidence of managing data to bring about improvements in the performance of an organisation
• Experience of handling personal and sensitive data
• Expert in the use of Excel
• Experience of project management
• Ability to input, extract, interrogate, manipulate and analyse data effectively and accurately
• Ability to deliver tasks to meet deadlines
• Good communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex information to a non-specialist audience
• Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships
• Good standard of literacy and numeracy
• Ability to contribute ideas to improve systems and procedures
• Attention to detail
• Initiative and ability to prioritise their own work
• Calm under pressure
What the school offers its staff
Being an employee of Northgate High School allows you access to an Employee Benefits scheme saving you money on many High Street brands, a cycle-to-work scheme, use of the sports facilities, library, and free parking. Hot meals are available on-site during term time. We also offer entry into a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme.
Further details about the role
The postholder will manage and maintain the integrity of school data, ensuring that it is up to date, relevant and fully compliant with information governance. They will complete returns for the DfE and local authority and other external organisations.
The postholder must be able to interrogate and manipulate data to produce useful and timely information to:
■ assist staff in assessing and tracking student progress and planning interventions to improve outcomes
■ inform whole school and departmental planning
■ inform parents, the Local Authority, Department for Education and other outside agencies as required. The role will specifically require the postholder to use Bromcom, Excel, PowerBI, FFT Aspire and other software.
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 15th October 2025.
Commitment to safeguarding
This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts. Suffolk County Council - welcoming diversity.
Skills and knowledge include:
• Evidence of managing data to bring about improvements in the performance of an organisation
• Experience of handling personal and sensitive data
• Expert in the use of Excel
• Experience of project management
• Ability to input, extract, interrogate, manipulate and analyse data effectively and accurately
• Ability to deliver tasks to meet deadlines
• Good communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex information to a non-specialist audience
• Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships
• Good standard of literacy and numeracy
• Ability to contribute ideas to improve systems and procedures
• Attention to detail
• Initiative and ability to prioritise their own work
• Calm under pressure
What the school offers its staff
Being an employee of Northgate High School allows you access to an Employee Benefits scheme saving you money on many High Street brands, a cycle-to-work scheme, use of the sports facilities, library, and free parking. Hot meals are available on-site during term time. We also offer entry into a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme.
Further details about the role
The postholder will manage and maintain the integrity of school data, ensuring that it is up to date, relevant and fully compliant with information governance. They will complete returns for the DfE and local authority and other external organisations.
The postholder must be able to interrogate and manipulate data to produce useful and timely information to:
■ assist staff in assessing and tracking student progress and planning interventions to improve outcomes
■ inform whole school and departmental planning
■ inform parents, the Local Authority, Department for Education and other outside agencies as required. The role will specifically require the postholder to use Bromcom, Excel, PowerBI, FFT Aspire and other software.
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 15th October 2025.
Commitment to safeguarding
This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts. Suffolk County Council - welcoming diversity.